Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz took to MSNBC Friday to once again distance the party from the comments of CNN contributor Hilary Rosen about Ann Romney — and also to dismiss the “war on moms” meme those comments have created among Republicans.
“She’s my frien and I’m happy to say that she is, but Hilary Rosen would be the first to say that she’s a big girl,” Wasserman Schultz said when asked about the criticism Rosen is taking from Democrats. “She has a thick skin. You know, she like me has grown the skin of an alligator and this is politics on a national stage, and when you make an unfortunate comment, which she acknowledged she made, sometimes it’s going to come back to bite you and you’re going to have to do some backpedaling.”
But when it came to the so-called War On Moms Republicans have turned Rosen’s comments into in fundraising emails and on TV chat shows, Wasserman Schultz was dismissive and said the real candidate out of touch with the lives of mothers is Mitt Romney.
“The mommy wars really I think have been so overblown. I think women who work outside the home, women who stay at home, they all have hard jobs and we need to make sure we respect the priorities of women,” Wasserman Schultz said. “Barack Obama does. Mitt Romney does not.”
